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Prime Minster Modi's next three nation tour China-Mongolia-South Korea begins
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Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday night left for China for a three-day visit.
He will also be visiting South Korea and Mangolia.
PMO India tweeted about his departure saying, “PM Modi leaves for China. He will be travelling to China, Mongolia and South Korea on bilateral visits.”
PM Modi, who is undertaking his first visit to China as Prime Minister, will reach the ancient city of Xi'an, the home town of President Xi Jinping, for a summit meeting, an unusual departure from normal protocol and seen as a reciprocal gesture by the Chinese leader who was hosted by Modi in Ahmedabad when he visited India in September last year.
The PM is accompanied by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and senior officials
This is first time since Xi took over power two years ago that he will be receiving a foreign leader outside Beijing and will spend considerable time informally interacting with Modi.
China is not keen on the clarification of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) proposed by Modi last year during the Chinese President's visit, as per PTI.
The clarification of LAC ahead of the resolution of the boundary was expected to restrict aggressive patrolling from both sides.
Two incursions by the Chinese troops in the Ladakh area during Premier Li Keqiang and Xi's visits to India in the last two years overshadowed the trips.
The incidents prompted Modi to suggest to Xi last year that clarification of LAC would greatly contribute in efforts to maintain peace and tranquillity of the border where troops from both sides often jostle to assert their claims and counter claims.
The issue was also discussed during the 18th round of the border talks held in March this year.
China says the border dispute is confined only to 2,000 km mostly in Arunachal Pradesh whereas India asserts that the dispute covered the western side of the border spanning to about 4,000 km, especially the Aksai Chin area annexed by China in the 1962 war.
The visit to the spiritual structure assumes significance as Xuan undertook a journey to India in 645 AD through the ancient Silk Road and returned home after a 17-year-long sojourn with precious Buddhist scriptures.
Modi would also be given a traditional Chinese imperial Tang dynasty welcome before the two leaders settle for a banquet.
During Modi's stay in Beijing, the first meeting of the India-China State and Provincial Leaders' Forum would be held attended by Chief Ministers of Maharashtra and Gujarat Devendra Fadnavis and Anandiben Patel respectively.
The Prime Minister will also witness a Yoga-Tai Chi joint event at the Temple of Heaven and deliver a public address at the Tsinghua University in Beijing.
The Prime Minister will have a business stop at Shanghai where he will meet Chinese CEOs, visit the Fudan University where he will inaugurate the Centre for Gandhian Studies. He will also be addressing a community event in Shanghai.
On the second leg of his visit, Modi will reach Mongolia on May 17. "There is a rare honour being bestowed on our Prime Minister because this is for the first time on a holiday the Parliament of Mongolia is going to allow a foreign leader to speak and address the membership there," said Anil Wadhwa, Secretary (East).
The PM will meet Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj to strengthen bilateral cooperation in diverse areas.
The two sides will ink several agreements including one on application of nuclear technology for cancer cure, solar and wind energy, traditional systems of medicine and homeopathy, cyber security and other areas.
The Prime Minister will also attend a mini Naadam festival which includes display of horse racing, traditional wrestling and archery.
This will be the first ever visit of an Indian Prime Minister to Mongolia and takes place in the backdrop of celebrations of the 25th year of democracy in Mongolia and 60 years of its diplomatic relations with India.
Moving to South Korea on the last leg of his three-nation visit, Modi will meet President Park Geun-hye, followed by signing of several agreements including one on Double Taxation Avoidance Convention, shipping, transport, highways, electric power development and other areas. He will also address an Indian community reception.
Bilateral trade is currently at about USD 16 billion. There are 300 Korean companies who have invested USD 3 billion in India and employ 40,000 workers. Indian investment in Korea is close to USD 2 billion and it is looking forward to greater access in Korea to pharmaceutical and IT products.
The Prime Minister returns to Delhi from Seoul on May 19.
(With PTI inputs)
He will also be visiting South Korea and Mangolia.
PMO India tweeted about his departure saying, “PM Modi leaves for China. He will be travelling to China, Mongolia and South Korea on bilateral visits.”
PM Modi, who is undertaking his first visit to China as Prime Minister, will reach the ancient city of Xi'an, the home town of President Xi Jinping, for a summit meeting, an unusual departure from normal protocol and seen as a reciprocal gesture by the Chinese leader who was hosted by Modi in Ahmedabad when he visited India in September last year.
The PM is accompanied by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and senior officials
This is first time since Xi took over power two years ago that he will be receiving a foreign leader outside Beijing and will spend considerable time informally interacting with Modi.
China is not keen on the clarification of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) proposed by Modi last year during the Chinese President's visit, as per PTI.
The clarification of LAC ahead of the resolution of the boundary was expected to restrict aggressive patrolling from both sides.
Two incursions by the Chinese troops in the Ladakh area during Premier Li Keqiang and Xi's visits to India in the last two years overshadowed the trips.
The incidents prompted Modi to suggest to Xi last year that clarification of LAC would greatly contribute in efforts to maintain peace and tranquillity of the border where troops from both sides often jostle to assert their claims and counter claims.
The issue was also discussed during the 18th round of the border talks held in March this year.
China says the border dispute is confined only to 2,000 km mostly in Arunachal Pradesh whereas India asserts that the dispute covered the western side of the border spanning to about 4,000 km, especially the Aksai Chin area annexed by China in the 1962 war.
The visit to the spiritual structure assumes significance as Xuan undertook a journey to India in 645 AD through the ancient Silk Road and returned home after a 17-year-long sojourn with precious Buddhist scriptures.
Modi would also be given a traditional Chinese imperial Tang dynasty welcome before the two leaders settle for a banquet.
During Modi's stay in Beijing, the first meeting of the India-China State and Provincial Leaders' Forum would be held attended by Chief Ministers of Maharashtra and Gujarat Devendra Fadnavis and Anandiben Patel respectively.
The Prime Minister will also witness a Yoga-Tai Chi joint event at the Temple of Heaven and deliver a public address at the Tsinghua University in Beijing.
The Prime Minister will have a business stop at Shanghai where he will meet Chinese CEOs, visit the Fudan University where he will inaugurate the Centre for Gandhian Studies. He will also be addressing a community event in Shanghai.
On the second leg of his visit, Modi will reach Mongolia on May 17. "There is a rare honour being bestowed on our Prime Minister because this is for the first time on a holiday the Parliament of Mongolia is going to allow a foreign leader to speak and address the membership there," said Anil Wadhwa, Secretary (East).
The PM will meet Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj to strengthen bilateral cooperation in diverse areas.
The two sides will ink several agreements including one on application of nuclear technology for cancer cure, solar and wind energy, traditional systems of medicine and homeopathy, cyber security and other areas.
The Prime Minister will also attend a mini Naadam festival which includes display of horse racing, traditional wrestling and archery.
This will be the first ever visit of an Indian Prime Minister to Mongolia and takes place in the backdrop of celebrations of the 25th year of democracy in Mongolia and 60 years of its diplomatic relations with India.
Moving to South Korea on the last leg of his three-nation visit, Modi will meet President Park Geun-hye, followed by signing of several agreements including one on Double Taxation Avoidance Convention, shipping, transport, highways, electric power development and other areas. He will also address an Indian community reception.
Bilateral trade is currently at about USD 16 billion. There are 300 Korean companies who have invested USD 3 billion in India and employ 40,000 workers. Indian investment in Korea is close to USD 2 billion and it is looking forward to greater access in Korea to pharmaceutical and IT products.
The Prime Minister returns to Delhi from Seoul on May 19.
(With PTI inputs)
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Here is an interesting article on Indo China that can show the potential of the relationship.
5 GapsThat Define the India-China Relationship, in Charts and Maps
1. Trade Gap,
To better understand why there is a gaping trade deficit between India and China, take a look at the list of things each country exports to the other.
Some of China’s biggest exports to India are telecommunications equipment, computer hardware, industrial machinery and other manufactured goods. India sends back mostly raw materials such as cotton yarn, copper, petroleum products and iron ore.
As India has grown its consumers and corporations have been importing an increasing amount of China’s affordable products but India’s exports to China have not kept pace.
During his visit to China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be seeking better access to Chinese markets to correct the widening trade imbalance.
“The visit is going to be crucial because our trade deficit with China is very huge compared to other countries,” says N.R. Bhanumurthy, an economist at think-tank National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
While China has a cost advantage in most products, analysts say India is very competitive in the pharmaceutical, textile and some services sectors. That is where it needs more access if it wants to start to rectify the skewed trade balance.
2. The 13 Year Gap
Even though India is now growing faster than China (see number 4) the world’s largest democracy still has a way to go to catch up with the size of the economy in the world’s most populous nation.
China, though, got a 13-year head start on India in opening its economy and giving companies greater freedom to invest and produce. In exports, capital spending and foreign investment, India today is remarkably similar to China circa 2001.
That should both console and concern India as it gets back on its feet after three years of weak growth and high inflation. Console, since it suggests the country’s economy could remain on a China-like trajectory for years to come. But concern, because India’s delay could mean that the country has missed out on some big advantages that catalyzed China’s boom.
3. The Border Perception Gap,
Friction along the two nations’ 2,200-mile-long border, much of which is undefined and contested, has mounted in recent years, India says. And it poses a serious hurdle to improving relations between Delhi and Beijing.
Part of the problem, Indian officials say, is that India and China have “differing perceptions” of their de facto border, known as the Line of Actual Control. Both sides patrol up to their respective perceptions of the border, leading to frequent claims of transgressions.
Without a clearly demarcated border, “it is quite natural for some incidents to happen,” Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Col.Geng Yansheng said in September during a border confrontation between the two countries.
4. The GDP Growth Rate Gap,
Everyone from the World Bank to Goldman Sachs had predicted it wouldn’t happen for another two years but recent recalculations indicate that India has already dethroned China as the world’s fastest-growing big economy.
5. The FDI Gap,
While Chinese companies have been great at peddling their products in India, they have been surprisingly reluctant to invest here. China has invested less in India than even Poland, Malaysia or Canada have.
5 GapsThat Define the India-China Relationship, in Charts and Maps
1. Trade Gap,
To better understand why there is a gaping trade deficit between India and China, take a look at the list of things each country exports to the other.
Some of China’s biggest exports to India are telecommunications equipment, computer hardware, industrial machinery and other manufactured goods. India sends back mostly raw materials such as cotton yarn, copper, petroleum products and iron ore.
As India has grown its consumers and corporations have been importing an increasing amount of China’s affordable products but India’s exports to China have not kept pace.
During his visit to China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be seeking better access to Chinese markets to correct the widening trade imbalance.
“The visit is going to be crucial because our trade deficit with China is very huge compared to other countries,” says N.R. Bhanumurthy, an economist at think-tank National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
While China has a cost advantage in most products, analysts say India is very competitive in the pharmaceutical, textile and some services sectors. That is where it needs more access if it wants to start to rectify the skewed trade balance.
2. The 13 Year Gap
Even though India is now growing faster than China (see number 4) the world’s largest democracy still has a way to go to catch up with the size of the economy in the world’s most populous nation.
China, though, got a 13-year head start on India in opening its economy and giving companies greater freedom to invest and produce. In exports, capital spending and foreign investment, India today is remarkably similar to China circa 2001.
That should both console and concern India as it gets back on its feet after three years of weak growth and high inflation. Console, since it suggests the country’s economy could remain on a China-like trajectory for years to come. But concern, because India’s delay could mean that the country has missed out on some big advantages that catalyzed China’s boom.
3. The Border Perception Gap,
Friction along the two nations’ 2,200-mile-long border, much of which is undefined and contested, has mounted in recent years, India says. And it poses a serious hurdle to improving relations between Delhi and Beijing.
Part of the problem, Indian officials say, is that India and China have “differing perceptions” of their de facto border, known as the Line of Actual Control. Both sides patrol up to their respective perceptions of the border, leading to frequent claims of transgressions.
Without a clearly demarcated border, “it is quite natural for some incidents to happen,” Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Col.Geng Yansheng said in September during a border confrontation between the two countries.
4. The GDP Growth Rate Gap,
Everyone from the World Bank to Goldman Sachs had predicted it wouldn’t happen for another two years but recent recalculations indicate that India has already dethroned China as the world’s fastest-growing big economy.
5. The FDI Gap,
While Chinese companies have been great at peddling their products in India, they have been surprisingly reluctant to invest here. China has invested less in India than even Poland, Malaysia or Canada have.
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Does he have any plans of touring India too? I think that will be helpful no?
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Kolkata is in India, or that what I was taught.
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Thanks for pointing out that some of his stopovers are in India nowadays.
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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi departing from New Delhi for his three Nation visit to China, Mongolia and South Korea on May 13, 2015.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi arrives at Xi’an Xiangyang International Airport, in China on May 14, 2015.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi being welcomed on his arrival at Xi’an Xiangyang International Airport, in China on May 14, 2015.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi being welcomed on his arrival at Xi’an Xiangyang International Airport, in China on May 14, 2015.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi being warmly welcomed by a girl child on his arrival at Xi’an Xiangyang International Airport, in China on May 14, 2015.
Chinese traditional dancers welcoming the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at Xi’an Xiangyang International Airport, through various performances, in China on May 14, 2015.
Chinese traditional dancers welcoming the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at Xi’an Xiangyang International Airport, through various performances, in China on May 14, 2015.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi arrives at Xi’an Xiangyang International Airport, in China on May 14, 2015.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi being welcomed on his arrival at Xi’an Xiangyang International Airport, in China on May 14, 2015.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi being welcomed on his arrival at Xi’an Xiangyang International Airport, in China on May 14, 2015.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi being warmly welcomed by a girl child on his arrival at Xi’an Xiangyang International Airport, in China on May 14, 2015.
Chinese traditional dancers welcoming the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at Xi’an Xiangyang International Airport, through various performances, in China on May 14, 2015.
Chinese traditional dancers welcoming the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at Xi’an Xiangyang International Airport, through various performances, in China on May 14, 2015.
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According to sickulars maybe now it is part of Bangladesh!
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Xi'an: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday began his tour of China by visiting the Terracota Warriors Museum at Xi'an.
Modi went around the museum that houses neat rows of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China.
The museum has a collection of over 8,000 life-size clay warriors.
Modi, attired in a white kurta-churidar with a colourful shawl draped around his shoulder, went around the museum and listened attentively to the guide.
Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi province and the hometown of President Xi Jinping.
Modi and Xi are to scheduled to hold their summit meeting later.
Xi'an is also associated with Chinese traveller and famous Buddhist scholar Xuan Zang or Hieun Tsang who travelled extensively in India in 629 to 645 AD.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi visiting Terracotta Warriors Museum, a World Heritage Site, in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China on May 14, 2015.
Modi went around the museum that houses neat rows of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China.
The museum has a collection of over 8,000 life-size clay warriors.
Modi, attired in a white kurta-churidar with a colourful shawl draped around his shoulder, went around the museum and listened attentively to the guide.
Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi province and the hometown of President Xi Jinping.
Modi and Xi are to scheduled to hold their summit meeting later.
Xi'an is also associated with Chinese traveller and famous Buddhist scholar Xuan Zang or Hieun Tsang who travelled extensively in India in 629 to 645 AD.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi visiting Terracotta Warriors Museum, a World Heritage Site, in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China on May 14, 2015.
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Xi'an: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited the Daxingshan Temple at Chinese President Xi Jinping's hometown Xi'an.
He interacted with some of the priests present before taking a round of the temple's Devajara Hall, Mahavira Hall, and Mountain Gate.
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Vikas Swarup took to Twitter to share the information.
"Traversing centuries. From the 2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE," he tweeted, also posting pictures of the Prime Minister at the temple.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at the Da Xing Shan Temple, in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China on May 14, 2015.
He interacted with some of the priests present before taking a round of the temple's Devajara Hall, Mahavira Hall, and Mountain Gate.
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Vikas Swarup took to Twitter to share the information.
"Traversing centuries. From the 2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE," he tweeted, also posting pictures of the Prime Minister at the temple.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at the Da Xing Shan Temple, in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China on May 14, 2015.
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Looks like a paid Chinese looking Gujaratis Crowd to some congressi dogs here
, Some were saying who knows Modi outside Gujarat?This is evident even in China,where no Indian Leader enjoyed such Public support, Even their Iron Brother Pakistan has not got such public support. Similar threads
